Why 82% of Saudi Arabians Just Live in These Lines
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Published 2023-08-11
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All Comments (21)
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Only RealLifeLore has the power to turn a very simple question into a 40 minute documentary lol Which is why I love these videos so much. So much detail and research is done to tell us what’s going on.
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I think a video about the Balkans geography and how that influenced the history and politics of that region would be very interesting.
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Thank-you for being so kind as to do both Fahrenheit and Celsius. A lot of people wouldn't bother. It's much appreciated.
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Ive driven through part of that desert. It was a very long drive. When we stopped for a break there was no wind. I've never heard actual silence before that. Like literally, nothing. And you could only see sky and sand. Was beautiful and peaceful, but also chilling and humbling to be so completely surrounded by nature and one which is so barren, you couldn't survive.
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I'm from the eastern part of Saudi on the coast, and your description of the climate there is spot on. The scorching heat, the humidity and lack of wind and rain makes life there very difficult. It is impossible to live without air conditioners. I always wondered how our forefathers lived there.
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I always asked my parents and grandparents how did they manage to live before air-conditioning, they told me that the old mud houses in Arabia were cooler from the inside than the modern concrete homes, also the effect of heat islands didn’t exist back then, but an important factor is that the further from the coast you live the cooler it gets by night
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I was in a Vegas last week playing poker, and the man sitting next to me was working for the Saudi government. Sent to study Las Vegas. He was telling me Saudi is trying to diversify from oil and expand tourism. Friendly guy, enjoyed playing with him.
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Persian Gulf ❌ Arabian Gulf ✅
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Big love from Tunisia 🇹🇳🌹🇸🇦 حبايبنا اهل المملكة ❤
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my dad loved to explore the desert, it's a cultural thing to go out camping for days. i was told as a child that he was lost and ran out of fuel and supplies (food and drinks), he starved for 3 days before finally dying in 2012. it is unfortunately common for people to get lost in the desert, every few months we hear news of government searches for a lost person.
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I live in the capital Riyadh and we go to Abha (a city in the southern region) almost every summer, because July and August here in Riyadh can quite literally be deadly if we weren’t so adapted and used to the weather. In contrast, winters here are cold and dry, sometimes rainy and thunderstormy. I guess that’s just how desert climates work. Also, that’s why we collectively hate the summer here lol.
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That's quite the long version of "It's a desert."
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As a Saudi, I find this report grim but honest analysis of the geographical far future of the Arabian peninsula and it's it's emerging "artificial" civilization. But we are taking this challenge seriously and there is a huge investment in technology and R&D to solve the water problem and defy nature. This will be our test lab if we ever go on Mars. Thanks for the compressive video RLL!
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I am from the south west of Saudi a city called Al Baha and we have clean sources of water, rain is always pouring. we where an agricultural society for all of our history, sadly majority of us have left our villages for job opportunities in bigger cities
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I love the way this video gives me TONS of information about why they live in the areas, with a general outlook and to top it off, Facts about coffee I had no idea about. Thank you for making education fun and interesting.
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I love these videos. So much important and interesting information that you don’t really get anywhere else in this easily digestible way. Thank you for helping so many people understand the world more
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I feel like geography is an often overlooked or underestimated factor when people study history. Many of your videos that focus on geography highlight how geography plays an important role in world events. Keep up the good work
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i used to live in the uae, and i can say that riding these dunes in a quadbike in winter time was some of the most fun ive ever experienced, it truly felt like you were free
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Now both UAE and Saudi Arabia practice Cloud Seeding. Recently Saudi Arabia nearly got flooded with rain. The average temperature is affected in both countries.
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Funny that you should post this three days ago when I just finished the book 'Arabian Sands', which is Wilfred Thesiger's epic account of his journey through the Empty Quarter in the 1940's. It's great reading for anyone interested in understanding what this place was like before the discovery of oil. He lived among the Bedouin tribes for five years while traversing across this vast desert.
